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Which are the Latin or Romance languages and who speaks them?

The Latin or Romance languages are also known as Romanic languages. They are the modern languages which developed from spoken Latin somewhere around the 7th century AD in southern and western Europe.   The Latin or Romance languages include Spanish, French, Italian, Portuguese, and Romanian. There are currently about 330 million native-first-language Spanish speakers in …

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Learn Turkish

Learn Turkish   First some motivation… why learn Turkish?   Over 60 million people speak Turkish as their first language.   The language is also spoken by people living in Germany, Bulgaria, Macedonia, Northern Cyprus, Greece, the Caucasus, and other parts of Europe and Central Asia.   Knowing Turkish is an advantage in international business due …

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Learn Swedish

Learn Swedish   Let’s start off with a little motivation…   Swedish is an official language in Sweden and Finland.   Swedish is spoken by over 9 million native speakers.   Although Swedes speak English very well and you won’t have a problem to talk to people in English, it will be easier for you …

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Language blogs

  Language blogs   Language blogs give you the opportunity to benefit from other people’s experience and knowledge. Some focus on learning resources, explain idioms and grammar, present vocabulary and others take you through the journey of learning a language, where authors write about their experience. These blogs can be very inspirational and can keep …

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Podcasts

Podcasts   Podcasts are a great way to learn languages and pick up on pronunciation. They are portable and usually free so they are a very convenient way to practice languages. Their greatest benefit is that you can listen to them when you’re on the road, doing house choirs or when you’re on vacation by …

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Why learn Portuguese?

Why learn Portuguese?   More than 230 million people speak Portuguese.   One of the most widely spoken languages (spoken on four continents – South America, Europe, Africa and Asia).   Portuguese is spoken by many immigrants who have settled in Europe in countries such as Andorra, Belgium, France, Germany, Luxembourg, Spain, Switzerland and the …

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Word of the day

  WORD OF THE DAY   Subscribe to a word of the day and learn a new word every day!   English: https://www.merriam-webster.com/word-of-the-day/ https://www.wordthink.com/ https://www.learnersdictionary.com/word-of-the-day https://www.englishclub.com/vocabulary/word-of-the-day.htm https://www.oed.com/emailupdates   German: https://www.transparent.com/word-of-the-day/today/german.html https://www.germaneveryday.com/   Spanish: https://www.spanishdict.com/wordoftheday https://dictionary.reference.com/wordoftheday/es https://www.spanishcentral.com/word-of-the-day   French: https://www.transparent.com/word-of-the-day/today/french.html https://www.frenchpod101.com/french-phrases/ https://dictionary.reference.com/wordoftheday/2014/07/19/balmy   Italian: https://www.transparent.com/word-of-the-day/today/italian.html https://www.italianpod101.com/italian-phrases/   If you want to subscribe to a word of …

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Why learn French?

Why learn French?   Over 220 million people speak French on five continents.   Enjoy French culture – fashion, cuisine, art, architecture, movies and literature.   Study in France at one of the known universities like the Sorbonne.   Travelling and exploring France and the most romantic city of Paris.   A lot of words …

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